t/je BriliJI) Species of Mentha. 199 



Linnsus, and M.paludofa of Mr. Sole, are the connefting links be- 

 tween the other varieties. In the Sherardian herbarium is a fpeci- 

 nien marked M. paluflris verticillata. Cat. Gijf. p. 168, I believe by 

 Dillenius himfelf, with a quotation of Rivinus, tab. 48. y^ 2, of the 

 propriety of which I am- very doubtful. This fpecimen is clofely 

 allied to that of M. aquatica I have jufl: been defcribing. It is all 

 over hairy in fome degree, but not ftrikingly fo. The calyx and 

 flower- (talks are exaiStly as. in the ufual M. A/r/«/^. The whorls 

 are 6 in number, of which the 3 or 4 uppermoft- are approximate, 

 but the terminal one is fmall, fo that it could never be called a capi- 

 tate fpecimen. It is very tall, 2^ feet, with long n>nners from the; 

 lower part. 



Hence it appears that M. aquatica is no longer to be confidered 

 as a diftinil fpecies. If the foregoing remarks fhould appear long 

 and tedious, the obfcurity of the fubje6t, and the great uncertainty 

 which all botanifts have fo long been in, concerning the fpecies in 

 queftion, mu ft- form my apology. 



** Vtrt'icillata:. 



7. Mentha fativa<. 



Hairy Whorled Mint. 



M. florlbus verticillatis, caule erefto, foliis ovatis, calyce undique 

 hirfuto, pedicellis retrorfum hifpidis. 



«t, Mentha fativa. Unn. Sp. PI. 805, (exclufis fynonymis). Hudf. 

 253. Engl. Bot. t. 448. 

 M. verticillata. Linn. Syjl. Nat. ed. 10. 1099. Hudf. ed. I. 222. 

 M. rivalis ,/3, y et <r, (nee a), Sole Menth. 45. 



M. ver- 



